γοῦν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or [[γ' οὖν]], Ion. and Dor. [[γῶν]] ([[γε οὖν]]); restrictive Particle with an inferential force, [[at least then]], freq. scarcely distinguishable from simple γε: twice in Hom. (with a second γε added), εἴ γ' οὖν ἕτερός γε φύγῃσιν Il.5.258; μὴ ἐμέ γ' οὖν οὗτός γε 16.30 (so ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε… σοφώτερος εἶναι Pl.''Ap.''21d); freq. later, δοκέων πάγχυ δευτερεῖα γῶν οἴσεσθαι Hdt.1.31; γνώσει… ὀψὲ γοῦν τὸ σωφρονεῖν A. ''Ag.''1425, cf. 432 (lyr.), etc.; freq. in adducing an instance, or a fact giving rise to a presumption, Heraclit.58, Th.1.2, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.5.8; <b class="b3">τὸν γοῦν ἄλλον χρόνον</b> in past time [[at all events]], D.20.16; emphasizing a personal or possessive pronoun, τὸ γ. ἐμόν S.''OT''626, cf. ''Ant.''45; introducing an apodosis, Pl.''Alc.''1.112b; simply emphatic, [[why yes]], E.''Ph.''618, Pl.''Sph.''219d, etc.; each Particle has its full force in <b class="b3">τὰς γοῦν Ἀθήνας οἶδα</b> [[well]] ([[οὖν]]), I know ''Athens'' (γε), S.''OC''24:—freq. separated by a word, πάνυ γ' ἂν οὖν Ar.''Ec.''806, cf. Th.1.76, etc.:—rarely <b class="b3">γε οὖν</b> in full, D.H.2.56 codd. (The negat. form is <b class="b3">οὔκουν… γε</b>.)